What does Jason Mraz, taiko drumming and a women’s a cappella choir have in common?  These three elements come together on Sunday afternoon for the Dance Collective’s Choreographers Lab.  Towns of Harmony women’s choir will be singing “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz, creating the full score with just their voices, while three taiko drummers will be playing Taiko Bayashi.  Taiko Bayashi is a traditional taiko song that you can easily find on youtube but you won’t find it anywhere else performed like you will see it on Feb 19th.  Tickets are $8 Adults, $5 Children and you get to evaluate each performance and write comments of what you liked/didn’t like as these are a creative “work-in-progress”.  Go to www.fwdc.org for more information on the event.

Come see Fort Wayne Taiko perform at the ATA Black Belt Academy Regional Taekwondo Tournament on Saturday Feb 4th at 10:30 AM.  We will be at the Grand Wayne Center Convention Hall B2C.  What could be better than the martial arts and taiko!

The East Wayne Street Center has been serving Fort Wayne for over 45 years striving to improve the overall living conditions for families whose income is below poverty level. Programs offered at EWSC include Family Literacy, Project Solve, Head Start, Food Bank and Family Mentoring.  The center is also home to the Sports Academic Consortium, a program geared toward developing student athletes into top academic performers as well.   Fort Wayne Taiko will perform between 7:15-7:35.  Follow the link to learn more about East Wayne Street Center     http://ewscenter.org//about.html

Have you ever wanted to get a chance to play the taiko drums? Here is an opportunity for you.  A few members of Fort Wayne Taiko will be at the Avilla Library to do a lecture/demonstration on Wednesday July20th at 6PM    Come and experience the  drums and learn some of the basic elements of taiko.

 Join FW Taiko in Kendallville this Saturday, June 18th, at 10:30 am as we perform and invite audience members to join us on-stage to play the drums and to explore stance, strike and rhythms.  Come see us at the Childrens Stage, Main St. Kendallville, IN.

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 Three Rivers Festival is just around the corner and so is another opportunity to see FW Taiko up close and personal  at  1PM on  Saturday July 9th in Freimann Square.  Meet us at the corner of Main and Clinton; follow the sound of the  drums if you don’t see us.

  http://www.trfonline.org/

A Taste of the Arts is back in full force with an outstanding line-up of entertainment, food and activities to thrill people of all ages.  Your greatest challenge will be in choosing which event to  attend. Plan on spending the day and enjoying the amazing and diverse talent Fort Wayne has to offer.

Join Ft. Wayne Taiko at the Freimann Square performance stage at 1:30PM on Saturday August 27th for a powerful and energetic taiko performance in full festival style.  Follow the link below and select the entertainement tab for the full schedule of activities and their locations.

http://www.tasteoftheartsfortwayne.org/index.php